2011 Chicago White Sox season

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2011  Chicago White Sox
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark U.S. Cellular Field
City Chicago, Illinois
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers Kenny Williams
Managers Ozzie Guillén, Don Cooper
Television CSN Chicago
CSN+
WGN-TV and WGN America
WCIU-TV
(Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone)
Radio WSCR
(Ed Farmer, Darrin Jackson)
WRTO (Spanish)
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The 2011 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 112th season in Chicago and 111th in the American League. The 2011 White Sox schedule was revealed at 7:00 pm Central Time on September 14, 2010 [1] along with every other team in Major League Baseball.

Contents

Offseason

On December 2, 2010, the White Sox signed a new slugger Adam Dunn from the Washington Nationals for a 4yr/$56M contract. [2] On that same day, the Sox also re-signed A. J. Pierzynski to a 2yr/$8M extension. [3] Six days later, the Sox resigned Paul Konerko to a 3yr/$37.5M extension. [4] With Dunn, Konerko, and Pierzynski, there is a 5% chance that the White Sox will win the 2011 World Series. [4] On December 15, the White Sox acquired RHP Jesse Crain from the Minnesota Twins and offered a 3yr/$13M deal. [5] On January 18, the Sox acquired RHP Philip Humber off waivers from the Oakland A's. One month prior, the A's claimed Humber from the Kansas City Royals. [6]

In addition to acquisitions, the White Sox also traded away some players, including Scott Linebrink to Atlanta Braves on December 3, [7] and J. J. Putz to Arizona Diamondbacks on December 7. [8] Bobby Jenks, who was non-tendered by the White Sox, has agreed to sign with the Boston Red Sox on December 16. [9]

Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9567.586—50‍–‍3145‍–‍36
Cleveland Indians 8082.4941544‍–‍3736‍–‍45
Chicago White Sox 7983.4881636‍–‍4543‍–‍38
Kansas City Royals 7191.4382440‍–‍4131‍–‍50
Minnesota Twins 6399.3893233‍–‍4830‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 9765.599
Texas Rangers 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9567.586
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9171.562—
Boston Red Sox 9072.5561
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8676.5315
Toronto Blue Jays 8181.50010
Cleveland Indians 8082.49411
Chicago White Sox 7983.48812
Oakland Athletics 7488.45717
Kansas City Royals 7191.43820
Baltimore Orioles 6993.42622
Seattle Mariners 6795.41424
Minnesota Twins 6399.38928

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston 10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago 4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland 5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit 5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City 4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles 6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota 2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York 13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland 5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle 2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay 9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas 5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto 12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10
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Detailed records and runs scored/allowed

OpponentHomeAwayTotalPct.Runs scoredRuns allowed
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 1–33–14–4.5003742
Boston Red Sox 1–23–04–2.6673230
New York Yankees 0–42–22–6.2502051
Tampa Bay Rays 3–11–34–4.5003326
Toronto Blue Jays 2–11–33–4.4292534
7–1110–917–20.459147184
AL Central
Cleveland Indians 5–46–311–7.6119181
Detroit Tigers 3–62–75–13.27862111
Kansas City Royals 4–53–67–11.3897491
Minnesota Twins 3–66–39–9.5006555
15–2117–1932–40.444302340
AL West
Los Angeles Angels 0–32–32–6.2502738
Oakland Athletics 4–32–16–4.6004343
Seattle Mariners 2–15–17–2.7784119
Texas Rangers 3–21–24–4.5002726
9–910–719–16.543141128
Interleague
Arizona Diamondbacks 0–02–12–1.667158
Chicago Cubs 2–12–14–2.6671818
Colorado Rockies 0–02–12–1.667119
Los Angeles Dodgers 2–10–02–1.6672111
Washington Nationals 1–20–01–2.333911
5–46–311–7.6117457

Roster

2011 Chicago White Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Season summary

Composite inning summary

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Runs scored688571787368807340140401
Runs allowed8454709179121695958141215

Opening Day lineup

  1 Juan Pierre LF
15 Gordon Beckham 2B
32 Adam Dunn DH
14 Paul Konerko 1B
51 Alex Ríos CF
20 Carlos Quentin RF
12 A. J. Pierzynski C
10 Alexei Ramírez SS
22 Brent Morel 3B
56 Mark Buehrle P

Monthly summaries

April

The Sox opened the 2011 season at Cleveland with a 15–10 victory over the Indians on April 1. It was the first time since September 7, 2007, that the Sox won while allowing 10 or more runs. The Sox had their first 2–0 start since 2005 with an 8–3 win over Cleveland. In the third game of this series in the 4th inning, Alexei Ramírez bunted into a 3–4–6 triple play. It was the first time that the Sox hit into a triple play since 1978. The Sox went on to lose this game 7–1. On April 5 at Kansas City Royals, the Sox scored four runs in the first inning but they would not hold on to the lead. The Sox played for 12 innings until the new Royals batter Melky Cabrera hit a walk-off single to score the former Sox player Chris Getz to suffer their first walk-off loss of the season. Last season, the Sox did not suffer their first walk-off loss until July 18 at Minnesota. After the loss, Adam Dunn had his appendix removed and he'll miss five games, but he told Ozzie Guillén that he wants to play sooner. The next game against the Royals, the Sox trailed 5–0 going to the 7th inning. In the ninth inning, the Sox took the lead 7–6 by scoring four runs against the Royals closer Joakim Soria, but the Royals tied this game up in the bottom half. Then the Sox scored three runs in the 12th inning to take the victory 10–7 over the Royals. However, the Sox committed four errors in this game.

The Sox had their home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5–1 victory on April 7. Edwin Jackson struck out 13 to set his new career high and most strikeouts by the White Sox pitcher in the home opener in club history. In next game for the first eight innings, the Sox led 7–4. In the top of the ninth inning, the Sox committed two errors which led to five unearned runs including a three-run homer by Dan Johnson off of Matt Thornton. The Sox would lose the game 9–7. That was their first win of the season for Rays. In addition, in the top of the ninth inning after Johnson's home run, the Rays took their first lead of the season after going 62 consecutive innings without lead. It is now the most consecutive innings without lead of any team of all time. The Sox would then go on and win the final two games of this series to take three out of four from the Rays with the final scores of 4–2 and 6–1. The next series against the Oakland A's, the Sox lost two out of three with the only win being a walk-off home run in 10th inning by Alexei Ramírez in Game 2. In both losses, the Sox led going into the ninth inning only to give up runs to tie the game and lose in the 10th. For the first 12 games this season, the bullpen allowed 12 runs including 6 unearned runs in the ninth inning to lead the majors. They led the majors with 6 blown saves in 7 opportunities. In the next series, the Sox got swept by the Angels at home for the first time since 2005. The Sox finished 4–6 on the homestand.

The Sox avoided a four-game sweep by beating the Rays 9–2 behind Gavin Floyd on April 22. Then the Sox were swept by Tigers at Detroit, including being scoreless twice. The Sox split the series against the Yankees at New York, including two straight plays by Brent Lillibridge off the bats of Alex Rodríguez and Robinson Canó to end the game on April 26. The Sox finished their 11-game road trip 3–8. The Sox lost the first two games of the four-game series against the Baltimore Orioles to finish April with a 10–18 record.

May

The Sox opened the month of May with a 6–4 loss to the Orioles. Then the Sox avoided getting swept by beating the Orioles 6–2. Then on May 3 against the Minnesota Twins, Francisco Liriano no-hit the White Sox. Liriano threw 123 pitches with six walks and just two strikeouts. Prior to this game, Liriano had an ERA of 9.13, which is the second highest ERA before the no-hitter since 1913. After the no-hitter, his ERA dropped to 6.61. It is the Twins first no-hitter since Eric Milton threw one on Sep 11, 1999 against the California Angels. The Sox went hitless for the first time since Aug 26, 1991 when the Royals' pitcher Bret Saberhagen threw against them. The Sox lost again 3–2 on the next day to Minnesota to have the worst record in MLB at 11–21.

Then the Sox went on to the west coast in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Oakland, finishing 6–3 in that nine-game road trip. During the road trip on May 11 at Los Angeles, Jake Peavy started the game for the first time since July 6 of last season when he tore his lat muscle, also against the Angels. He went 6 IP 7 H 4 ER 4 K in no decision as Sox defeated Angels 6–4 in 10 innings. When Peavy added to the starting rotation and Philip Humber is too good to be moved to the bullpen, the Sox used the six-man rotation. On May 15, Mark Buehrle outdueled Trevor Cahill as Sox defeated Oakland 4–3.

The Sox went back home splitting a two-game series against the Rangers and swept the two-game series over the first-place Indians, including a three-hit shutout by Jake Peavy in the first game of that series in his second start of the season. On the next night, the Sox lost the first game of the series against the Dodgers after giving up a home run to Russell Mitchell in the 9th inning by Sergio Santos which tied the game at 3. Until Mitchell's homer, Santos did not allow a run this season, he went 20 scoreless innings. Then the Dodgers scored three runs in the 10th to beat the Sox 6–4. The Game storm betts was go but his mom got a speeding ticket day before on way home from school Meanwhile, the Sox won the final two games against the Dodgers to win their first interleague series of the season. The Sox lost two out of three at Texas. In the second game of that series on May 24, the game was in a 2:58 rain delay, but the Sox took this game 8–6 in 9 innings as the game ended at 1:27 am CT. In next series at Toronto, the Sox took the opener by a final score of 3–1 by scoring two runs in the ninth inning. In the third game of this series, the Sox tied the game up at 8 in the ninth inning. In the Sox half of the 11th inning, Brent Morel hit a lead-off double but the team did not score. In the Blue Jays' half of 14th inning with starter Gavin Floyd in relief, a leadoff hitter Corey Patterson hit a walk-off homer which ended the game with a final score of 9–8. The Sox suffered their fourth walk-off loss of the season. In the finale of that series, John Danks gave up 9 runs in 4 innings. The Sox went on to lose 13–4 and Danks was then 0–8 with a 5.25 ERA. With the only win in that four-game series coming in the opener of the series, the Sox had lost seven straight games in the finale of a four-game series when they won the opener and lost the next two dating back to the start of 2007 season. On Memorial Day, the Sox took Game 1 of the series at Boston with a final score of 7–3. In Game 2, the Sox defeated the Red Sox 10–7, as the White Sox bullpen allowed 6 runs in final two innings. The Sox finished May with a 16–13 record.

June

Continuing the series at Boston starting in May, the Sox played the finale of the series at Boston looking for a second consecutive sweep at Boston, and then they did. The White Sox defeated the Red Sox 7–4 to win their seventh straight at Fenway Park, their longest since 1958–59 when they also won seven straight. The White Sox have also won 13 of their last 15 contests against the Red Sox overall. Over the last 15 games, the White Sox have outscored the Red Sox 88–50 during that span.

On June 3, the Sox began their 10-game homestand against the Tigers. The Sox won the opener of the three-game series 6–4 but they lost the series by losing the last two with final scores of 4–2 and 7–3. Finally on June 6, John Danks outdueled Michael Pineda to take the first win of the season by beating the Mariners 3–1. Danks is the last qualified starting pitcher of the season to record a win. Philip Humber dominated again as Sox defeat Seattle 5–1. In the finale of this three-game series, Carlos Quentin hit his game-tying two-run homer to tie the game 4–4 in eighth inning. That was his second homer of the game after his solo jack in first inning. However, the Sox will lose the game 7–4 in 10 innings. In the opener of the 4-game series against Oakland, Mark Buehrle outdueled Trevor Cahill again as they defeated Oakland 9–4. Then the next game was ugly. In the ninth inning with two outs, nobody one, and 0–2 count, Sox led 5–3, Josh Willingham walked and then deteriorated. Several at-bats later, Scott Sizemore (who just acquired from Detroit couple days prior) hit his game-winning three-run double to defeat the Sox 7–5 as Sergio Santos blows his second save of the season. On next day, Danks recorded his back-to-back win after losing eight decision by beating Oakland 3–2. In that game in the eighth inning, Brent Lillibridge made his game-saving home run robbing catch off the bat of Coco Crisp with runner on first. In the finale of this series on June 12, Sox defeat Oakland 5–4 to take three out of four from Oakland and finish the homestand 6–4.

The Sox played a two-game series at Minnesota from June 15–16 because the game was postponed due to rain on June 14. The Sox were swept in a two-game series including a 1–0 loss. The Sox went to Arizona for the first time since 2003, where they take two out of three. In the opener of this series, Edwin Jackson faced Daniel Hudson who switched teams between Sox and D-backs last season. Hudson wins 4–1 over Jackson. The Sox won the final two games of this series with the final scores of 6–2 and 8–2. Even though D-backs were 2nd in NL in home runs, D-backs did not hit any home runs against the Sox in this series.

The Sox came home to play the Cubs and the Nats. The Sox lost the opener of the series to the Cubs 6–2 and won the last two by the scores of 3–2 and 4–3. The Sox allowed a home run to former Ray Carlos Peña in all three game of this series including a game-winning three-run homer in the 6th in the opener of this series. In the opener of the last season's rematch with the Nats, in the ninth inning, Mark Teahen hit a game-tying three-run homer to tie the game at 3. The Nats score a run in the tenth on Laynce Nix's solo home run. The Sox scored one in the bottom half to tie the game again. In the 12th inning, the Nats scored a run and in the bottom half, A. J. Pierzynski tied the game up yet again with a solo home run with two outs and an 0–2 count. In the 14th inning, Alexei Ramírez committed an error with led to four gifted runs for a 9–5 Sox loss. Then the Sox won the second game of this series 3–0. John Danks got injured after 1.2 IP and he would go on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain. Jake Peavy would pitch for 4 innings for his 4th victory of the season. In the finale of this series, in the 7th inning with one out and one on, Paul Konerko appeared to hit a GW two-run homer but the wind kept it in the ballpark and Jerry Hairston Jr. made a catch in left field. The Sox would go on to lose 2–1 and the Sox lost the home series against the Nats even though the Sox swept the Nats at D.C. last season. Also in that game, Adam Dunn went 0–4 with four strikeouts, becoming the first big league player to strikeout 100 times this season.

The Sox would then head to Denver for the first time since 2005, taking two out of three from the Rox, including a split in extra-inning games. The Sox finished the month of June with a 14–11 record.

July

The Sox opened the month of July with a 6–4 comeback victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. They won the next game 1–0 by a great pitching performance by Humber and then they lost 3–1 in the finale of this series. The Sox finished the season series against the Cubs 4–2 and 11–7 in interleague play. The Sox lost two out of three from Kansas City and three out of four from Minnesota at U.S. Cellular Field before heading into the All-Star break. Both of those wins came on a walk-off. The Sox are 8–31 against Minnesota since May 21, 2009 and 1–7 against them in 2011. The Sox went on their 8-game road trip excluding a rain-out game at Cleveland. The Sox took two out of three from Detroit, lost two out of three to Royals, and swept two games at Cleveland. Then the Sox went on to their 10-game homestand with six games left in July. The Sox won the series against the Detroit again and then they lost two out of three to Boston Red Sox via the Rock Series (WLL) after the Sox swept the other Sox in Boston earlier this season. During the off day on July 27 before the series against Boston, the Sox traded away Edwin Jackson and Mark Teahen to Toronto Blue Jays for Jason Frasor and Zach Stewart. Jackson would then be traded to St. Louis Cardinals. The Sox finished the month of July with a 12–12 record with a losing home record (5–8) but a winning road record (7–4).

August

The Sox continued their 10-game homestand started in July with four games to play against the Yankees. Worst of all, the Sox got swept in a four-game series at home against the Yankees for the first time since June 1976 and first time the Sox swept in a four-game series at home by an opponent since August 2007 when the White Sox were swept by Red Sox. In a third game of this dreadful four-game series, the Sox allowed a season high 18 runs, including 13 in the first three innings. Also during the four-game series, the Sox hitters never walked.

After that dreadful series against the Yankees, the Sox went to Target Field to take on the Twins for the three-game series. In Game 2 of this series, Zach Stewart, who acquired from Toronto in Edwin Jackson deal, started this game and got his first Major League win by going 6.1 IP and 1 ER. In Game 3 of this series, Jake Peavy pitched eight shutout innings. The Sox would go on to sweep the Twins on the road for the first time since June/July 2004 by the scores of 5–3, 6–1, and 7–0. Then the Sox went to Baltimore and took three of four to even the season series against the Orioles 4–4. Then the Sox went home to play the Royals, Indians, and the first place Rangers. The Sox took two of three from the Royals, lost two of three from the Indians, and won two of three from the Rangers, all via rock series. The Sox went to the west coast to take on the Angels and the Mariners. The Sox were swept in a two-game series against the Halos and the Sox swept the Mariners in a three-game weekend series. In the finale of that series, Dayán Viciedo called up from Triple-A Charlotte to play right field as Carlos Quentin went to the 15-day DL. In his second at-bat, Viciedo hit his three-run homer to make it 3–0 Sox. A couple innings later, Tyler Flowers, who is playing for A. J. Pierzynski who is also on the 15-day DL, hit his first career grand slam and his second homer of his career. It is also the first grand slam the Sox have hit this season. The Sox would go on to win this game 9–3 to complete the sweep. Since the start of the 2008 season, the Sox have won 23 of the last 25 games when they hit grand slam(s).

The Sox concluded the month by taking two out of three from the struggling Twins. The Sox finished the month of August with a 16–12 record with a losing home record (7–9) but a winning road record (9–3).

September

The Sox began the month by getting swept in the Motor City by Tigers, which increase the Sox deficit of Detroit from 5½ to 8½ games. In that series, the Sox were outscored 35–11 in a three-game series including an 18–2 loss in the second game. The Sox went to Minnesota and won their first three games of a four-game series and then lost the last game that would otherwise been their first four-game sweep in Minnesota ever. In the second game of this series (second game of a doubleheader), rookie Zach Stewart flirted with perfecto as he retired the first 21 Twin batters he faced before giving up a double to Danny Valencia. Stewart would then go on to retire six straight to end the game with a one-hitter.

The Sox came back to U.S. Cellular Field to take on the Indians in a four-game set. The Sox split the series. On the morning of September 10, Jake Peavy decided to shut down for the rest of the season so he'll get more time to relax his lat muscles recovered from surgery and make him stronger for next season. Peavy finished the season with a 4.92 ERA in 18 starts and 1 relief appearance. Later on that day in the third game of a four-game set against the Indians, Alex Ríos hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning for a 7–3 Sox victory. Then the Sox got ugly, they were swept by Detroit in a three-game series at home in September for the second consecutive year. In the finale of that series, the Sox led 5–2 going to the 9th inning and then Sergio Santos suffered his 6th blown save of the season by giving up two home runs and preventing rookie Dylan Axelrod from picking up his first major league win. The Sox would lose in the 10th inning 6–5. So the playoff chances for the Sox is nil as they fall to 13½ games behind Detroit.

The Sox played their final road trip of the season: they lost three out of four against the Royals and won two out of four against the Indians. The Sox played their final homestand of the season: the Sox lost two out of three against the Royals and won two out of three against the Blue Jays. In the opener of that series against the Blue Jays, Dylan Axelrod picked up his first major league win, going 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K in a 4–3 Sox victory. After the opener against the Blue Jays, the manager Ozzie Guillén called it quits as the White Sox skipper and he will manage the Miami Marlins under his four-year contract starting next season. The pitching coach Don Cooper took over as manager for the final two games of the season. The Sox would go on to finish the month of September with an 11–17 record and a third-place finish at 79–83 overall, suffering their losing season in third consecutive odd-numbered years. With a road record of 43–38, it is the first team in franchise history to end the season with a losing overall record but a winning road record.

Game log

Legend
White Sox winWhite Sox lossGame postponed
2011 White Sox game log
April (10–18) – Home (4–8) – Road (6–10) – 109 R.S. 143 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
1April 1@ Indians 15–10 Buehrle (1–0) Carmona (0–1)3:09 41,721 1–0+½ box
2April 2@ Indians 8–3 Jackson (1–0) Carrasco (0–1)2:46 9,853 2–0+½ box
3April 3@ Indians 7–1 Masterson (1–0) Danks (0–1)2:27 8,726 2–1−½ box
4April 5@ Royals 7–6 (12) Jeffress (1–0) Peña (0–1)3:32 12,641 2–2−1½ box
5April 6@ Royals 10–7 (12) Sale (1–0) O'Sullivan (0–1)3:41 13,360 3–2−½ box
6April 7 Rays 5–1 Jackson (2–0) Price (0–2)2:30 38,579 4–20 box
7April 8 Rays 9–7 Russell (1–0) Thornton (0–1) Farnsworth (1)3:13 20,199 4–3−1 box
8April 9 Rays 4–2 Humber (1–0) Davis (0–2) Sale (1)2:43 26,378 5–3−1 box
9April 10 Rays 6–1 Floyd (1–0) Niemann (0–2)2:08 23,436 6–3−1 box
10April 11 Athletics 2–1 (10) Ross (1–0) Crain (0–1) Fuentes (4)2:37 20,057 6–4−2 box
11April 12 Athletics 6–5 (10) Sale (2–0) Cramer (0–1)3:32 18,020 7–4−1 box
12April 13 Athletics 7–4 (10) Balfour (1–1) Thornton (0–2) Fuentes (5)3:23 16,523 7–5−1 box
13April 15 Angels 4–3 Weaver (4–0) Humber (1–1) Walden (2)2:53 20,103 7–6−2 box
14April 16 Angels 7–2 Chatwood (1–1) Floyd (1–1)2:35 21,250 7–7−3 box
15April 17 Angels 4–2 Haren (4–0) Buehrle (1–1) Walden (3)2:40 23,458 7–8−4 box
16April 18@ Rays 5–0 Price (2–2) Jackson (2–1)2:26 12,016 7–9−5 box
17April 19@ Rays 2–1 Shields (1–1) Danks (0–2)2:12 13,731 7–10−6 box
18April 20@ Rays 4–1 Davis (2–2) Humber (1–2) Farnsworth (4)2:30 13,214 7–11−6 box
19April 21@ Rays 9–2 Floyd (2–1) Niemann (0–3)2:58 16,751 8–11−5 box
20April 22@ Tigers 9–3 Verlander (2–2) Buehrle (1–2)2:30 23,537 8–12−6 box
21April 23@ Tigers 9–0 Penny (1–2) Jackson (2–2)3:01 35,227 8–13−7 box
22April 24@ Tigers 3–0 Scherzer (4–0) Danks (0–3) Valverde (5)2:19 17,784 8–14−7 box
23April 25@ Yankees 2–0 Humber (2–2) Burnett (3–1) Santos (1)2:41 40,506 9–14−6 box
24April 26@ Yankees 3–2 Floyd (3–1) Soriano (1–1) Santos (2)2:54 40,785 10–14−5 box
25April 27@ Yankees 3–1 Colón (2–1) Buehrle (1–3) Rivera (8)2:11 40,586 10–15−6 box
26April 28@ Yankees 12–3 Sabathia (2–1) Jackson (2–3)3:06 40,081 10–16−7 box
27April 29 Orioles 10–4 Arrieta (3–1) Danks (0–4)2:58 21,816 10–17−8 box
28April 30 Orioles 6–2 Tillman (1–2) Humber (2–3)2:46 26,104 10–18−9 box
May (16–13) – Home (6–5) – Road (10–8) – 129 R.S. 109 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
29May 1 Orioles 6–4 Britton (5–1) Floyd (3–2) Gregg (5)3:03 22,029 10–19−10 box
30May 2 Orioles 6–2 Buehrle (2–3) Guthrie (1–4) Santos (3)2:43 18,007 11–19−9½ box
31May 3 Twins 1–0 Liriano (2–4) Jackson (2–4)2:09 20,901 11–20−10½ box
32May 4 Twins 3–2 Blackburn (2–4) Danks (0–5) Capps (5)2:30 18,028 11–21−10½ box
33May 6@ Mariners 3–2 Hernández (4–2) Thornton (0–3)2:27 31,912 11–22−11 box
34May 7@ Mariners 6–0 Floyd (4–2) Fister (2–4)2:38 26,288 12–22−11 box
35May 8@ Mariners 5–2 (10) Santos (1–0) League (0–1)3:09 26,074 13–22−10 box
36May 9@ Angels 8–0 Jackson (3–4) Santana (1–4)2:29 38,561 14–22−9½ box
37May 10@ Angels 6–2 Piñeiro (2–0) Danks (0–6)2:32 40,128 14–23−10½ box
38May 11@ Angels 6–4 (10) Santos (2–0) Jepsen (0–2) Thornton (1)3:13 39,151 15–23−9½ box
39May 13@ Athletics 4–3 Humber (3–3) McCarthy (1–4) Santos (4)2:21 12,690 16–23−9 box
40May 14@ Athletics 6–2 Ross (3–2) Floyd (4–3)2:49 17,291 16–24−9 box
41May 15@ Athletics 4–3 Buehrle (3–3) Cahill (6–1) Santos (5)2:32 19,018 17–24−9 box
42May 16 Rangers 4–0 Lewis (4–4) Jackson (3–5)2:39 23,048 17–25−10 box
43May 17 Rangers 4–3 Crain (1–1) Eppley (1–1) Santos (6)2:36 22,437 18–25−10 box
44May 18 Indians 1–0 Peavy (1–0) Masterson (5–2)2:01 18,580 19–25−9 box
45May 19 Indians 8–2 Floyd (5–3) Carmona (3–4)2:32 22,077 20–25−8 box
46May 20 Dodgers 6–4 (10) Jansen (1–0) Santos (2–1) MacDougal (1)3:17 24,121 20–26−10 box
47May 21 Dodgers 9–2 Buehrle (4–3) Garland (1–4)2:33 25,519 21–26−9 box
48May 22 Dodgers 8–3 Jackson (4–5) Kuroda (5–4) Thornton (2)3:20 25,081 22–26−9 box
49May 23@ Rangers 4–0 Ogando (5–0) Danks (0–7)2:05 30,861 22–27−10 box
50May 24@ Rangers 8–6 Peña (1–1) Tomko (0–1) Santos (7)3:21 35,524 23–27−9 box
51May 25@ Rangers 2–1 Wilson (5–3) Floyd (5–4) Feliz (10)2:39 32,382 23–28−9 box
52May 26@ Blue Jays 3–1 Crain (2–1) Rzepczynski (2–1) Santos (8)2:54 14,353 24–28−8½ box
53May 27@ Blue Jays 4–2 Janssen (2–0) Buehrle (4–4) Rauch (6)2:52 16,668 24–29−8½ box
54May 28@ Blue Jays 9–8 (14) Pérez (1–0) Floyd (5–5)4:17 22,659 24–30−9½ box
55May 29@ Blue Jays 13–4 Romero (5–4) Danks (0–8)2:33 18,325 24–31−9½ box
56May 30@ Red Sox 7–3 Peavy (2–0) Lester (7–2)3:24 37,463 25–31−8½ box
57May 31@ Red Sox 10–7 Humber (4–3) Aceves (2–1) Sale (2)2:51 37,269 26–31−8½ box
June (14–11) – Home (9–7) – Road (5–4) – 90 R.S. 80 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
58June 1@ Red Sox 7–4 Floyd (6–5) Albers (1–3) Santos (9)2:53 37,321 27–31−8 box
59June 3 Tigers 6–4 Buehrle (5–4) Oliver (0–1) Santos (10)3:04 23,095 28–31−7 box
60June 4 Tigers 4–2 Verlander (6–3) Crain (2–2) Valverde (15)3:17 31,037 28–32−7 box
61June 5 Tigers 7–3 Penny (5–4) Peavy (2–1)3:25 25,149 28–33−7 box
62June 6 Mariners 3–1 Danks (1–8) Pineda (6–3) Santos (11)2:23 23,847 29–33−6 box
63June 7 Mariners 5–1 Humber (5–3) Hernández (6–5)2:25 21,337 30–33−6 box
64June 8 Mariners 7–4 (10) Laffey (1–1) Santos (2–2) League (17)3:06 21,517 30–34−6 box
65June 9 Athletics 9–4 Buehrle (6–4) Cahill (6–4)2:51 22,170 31–34−5½ box
66June 10 Athletics 7–5 Balfour (4–1) Santos (2–3) Bailey (1)3:10 20,166 31–35−5½ box
67June 11 Athletics 3–2 Danks (2–8) Gonzalez (5–5) Crain (1)3:01 24,391 32–35−4½ box
68June 12 Athletics 5–4 Humber (6–3) Moscoso (2–3) Santos (12)2:51 22,144 33–35−3½ box
−June 14@ Twins Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 6−4
69June 15@ Twins 4–1 Pavano (4–5) Floyd (6–6)2:06 37,437 33–36−4½ box
70June 16@ Twins 1–0 Blackburn (6–4) Buehrle (6–5) Capps (9)2:09 39,484 33–37−5½ box
71June 17@ D-Backs 4–1 Hudson (8–5) Jackson (4–6)2:37 26,053 33–38−5½ box
72June 18@ D-Backs 6–2 Danks (3–8) Duke (1–2)2:41 33,230 34–38−5½ box
73June 19@ D-Backs 8–2 Humber (7–3) Collmenter (4–3)2:38 39,538 35–38−5½ box
74June 20 Cubs 6–3 Zambrano (6–4) Floyd (6–7) Mármol (15)2:45 36,005 35–39−5½ box
75June 21 Cubs 3–2 Crain (3–2) Samardzija (5–3) Santos (13)2:31 35,155 36–39−4½ box
76June 22 Cubs 4–3 Peavy (3–1) Davis (1–6) Santos (14)3:01 35,403 37–39−4½ box
77June 24 Nationals 9–5 (14) Balester (1–0) Thornton (0–4)4:58 23,856 37–40−4½ box
78June 25 Nationals 3–0 Peavy (4–1) Gorzelanny (2–6) Santos (15)2:54 23,008 38–40−3½ box
79June 26 Nationals 2–1 Hernández (5–8) Humber (7–4) Storen (19)2:56 24,057 38–41−4½ box
80June 28@ Rockies 3–2 (13) Brothers (1–0) Ohman (0–1)3:47 40,175 38–42−5 box
81June 29@ Rockies 3–2 Bruney (1–0) Street (0–2) Santos (16)2:24 35,973 39–42−4 box
82June 30@ Rockies 6–4 (10) Crain (4–2) Mortensen (2–4) Santos (17)3:41 38,084 40–42−4 box
July (12–12) – Home (5–8) – Road (7–4) – 77 R.S. 78 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
83July 1@ Cubs 6–4 Jackson (5–6) Wells (1–3) Santos (18)2:43 41,486 41–42−3½ box
84July 2@ Cubs 1–0 Humber (8–4) Garza (4–7) Thornton (3)2:37 42,165 42–42−3½ box
85July 3@ Cubs 3–1 López (1–2) Floyd (6–8) Mármol (17)2:23 42,311 42–43−3½ box
86July 4 Royals 5–4 Santos (3–3) Crow (2–2)2:36 31,077 43–43−3½ box
87July 5 Royals 5–3 Paulino (1–6) Peavy (4–2) Soria (14)2:59 20,695 43–44−3½ box
88July 6 Royals 4–1 Chen (5–2) Jackson (5–7) Soria (15)2:40 27,233 43–45−4½ box
89July 7 Twins 6–2 Pavano (6–6) Humber (8–5)2:35 26,395 43–46−5½ box
90July 8 Twins 8–5 Blackburn (7–6) Floyd (6–9) Capps (14)3:22 27,737 43–47−5½ box
91July 9 Twins 4–3 Crain (5–2) Mijares (0–1)2:36 30,055 44–47−4½ box
92July 10 Twins 6–3 Swarzak (2–2) Peavy (4–3) Capps (15)3:00 30,042 44–48−5 box
All–Star Break : NL defeats AL 5–1 at Chase Field
93July 15@ Tigers 8–2 Floyd (7–9) Verlander (12–5)3:06 43,593 45–48−5 box
94July 16@ Tigers 5–0 Jackson (6–7) Scherzer (10–5)2:46 40,984 46–48−4 box
95July 17@ Tigers 4–3 Penny (7–6) Humber (8–6) Valverde (25)2:40 37,049 46–49−4 box
96July 18@ Royals 5–2 Buehrle (7–5) Davies (1–9)2:37 17,190 47–49−4½ box
97July 19@ Royals 4–2 Duffy (2–4) Peavy (4–4) Soria (17)2:28 20,126 47–50−5½ box
98July 20@ Royals 2–1 (11) Crow (3–2) Sale (2–1)2:47 13,831 47–51−5½ box
99July 22@ Indians 3–0 Floyd (8–9) Carrasco (8–8) Santos (19)2:45 27,477 48–51−5 box
–July 23@ Indians Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 20–5½
100July 24@ Indians 4–2 Jackson (7–7) Masterson (8–7) Santos (20)2:54 20,252 49–51−4½ box
101July 25 Tigers 6–3 Buehrle (8–5) Below (0–1)3:00 37,110 50–51−3½ box
102July 26 Tigers 5–4 Verlander (14–5) Ohman (0–2) Valverde (27)3:04 28,093 50–52−4½ box
103July 27 Tigers 2–1 Danks (4–8) Scherzer (11–6) Santos (21)2:50 26,978 51–52−3½ box
104July 29 Red Sox 3–1 Floyd (9–9) Wakefield (6–4) Santos (22)2:10 27,513 52–52−3 box
105July 30 Red Sox 10–2 Lester (11–4) Humber (8–7)3:00 33,919 52–53−3 box
106July 31 Red Sox 5–3 Aceves (7–1) Crain (5–3) Papelbon (24)3:31 28,278 52–54−4 box
August (16–12) – Home (7–9) – Road (9–3) – 127 R.S. 118 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
107August 1 Yankees 3–2 Sabathia (16–5) Peavy (4–5) Rivera (28)2:30 24,142 52–55−4½ box
108August 2 Yankees 6–0 (7) Hughes (2–3) Danks (4–9)1:59 21,661 52–56−5½ box
109August 3 Yankees 18–7 Wade (2–0) Floyd (9–10)3:13 23,873 52–57−6½ box
110August 4 Yankees 7–2 Nova (10–4) Humber (8–8)2:44 28,088 52–58−6½ box
111August 5@ Twins 5–3 Buehrle (9–5) Blackburn (7–9) Sale (3)2:29 41,364 53–58−6½ box
112August 6@ Twins 6–1 Stewart (1–1) Pavano (6–9)2:44 41,030 54–58−6½ box
113August 7@ Twins 7–0 Peavy (5–5) Duensing (8–10)2:30 39,353 55–58−5½ box
114August 8@ Orioles 7–6 Crain (6–3) Johnson (5–4) Santos (23)2:38 17,498 56–58−5 box
115August 9@ Orioles 4–3 Floyd (10–10) Reyes (5–9) Santos (24)2:42 14,177 57–58−4 box
116August 10@ Orioles 6–4 (10) Gonzalez (2–2) Frasor (2–2)3:00 18,747 57–59−4 box
117August 11@ Orioles 6–3 Buehrle (10–5) Tillman (3–5) Santos (25)2:32 21,040 58–59−4 box
118August 12 Royals 5–1 Chen (7–5) Stewart (1–2) Holland (2)2:55 23,130 58–60−5 box
119August 13 Royals 5–4 Crain (7–3) Hochevar (8–9) Sale (4)2:58 24,854 59–60−5 box
120August 14 Royals 6–2 Danks (5–9) Francis (4–13)2:47 25,517 60–60−4 box
121August 16 Indians 8–7 (14) Frasor (3–2) Durbin (2–2)5:21 24,695 61–60−3½ box
122August 17 Indians 4–1 Carmona (6–12) Buehrle (10–6) Perez (26)2:46 25,029 61–61−3½ box
123August 18 Indians 4–2 Masterson (10–7) Ohman (0–3) Perez (27)3:05 27,079 61–62−4 box
124August 19 Rangers 7–4 Tateyama (2–0) Peavy (5–6) Feliz (25)2:47 28,308 61–63−5 box
125August 20 Rangers 3–2 Crain (8–3) Uehara (1–3) Santos (26)2:33 30,021 62–63−5 box
126August 21 Rangers 10–0 Floyd (11–10) Holland (11–5)3:04 25,033 63–63−5 box
127August 23@ Angels 5–4 Walden (4–3) Frasor (3–3)2:48 37,728 63–64−6½ box
128August 24@ Angels 8–0 Weaver (15–6) Stewart (1–3)2:28 36,610 63–65−6½ box
129August 26@ Mariners 4–2 Peavy (6–6) Furbush (3–6) Sale (5)3:06 28,621 64–65−7 box
130August 27@ Mariners 3–0 Danks (6–9) Pineda (9–8)2:09 30,522 65–65−7 box
131August 28@ Mariners 9–3 Floyd (12–10) Vargas (7–12)2:45 25,630 66–65−6 box
132August 29 Twins 3–0 Buehrle (11–6) Slowey (0–3) Santos (27)2:04 24,120 67–65−5 box
133August 30 Twins 8–6 Ohman (1–3) Swarzak (3–5) Santos (28)2:57 21,632 68–65−5 box
134August 31 Twins 7–6 Diamond (1–2) Peavy (6–7) Nathan (12)2:42 20,346 68–66−6 box
September (11–17) – Home (5–8) – Road (6–9) – 106 R.S. 158 R.A.
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAttendanceRecordGBBox
135September 2@ Tigers 8–1 Verlander (21–5) Danks (6–10)2:39 42,352 68–67−6½ box
136September 3@ Tigers 9–8 Marte (1–0) Santos (3–4)3:10 40,635 68–68−7½ box
137September 4@ Tigers 18–2 Scherzer (14–8) Buehrle (11–7)3:21 42,671 68–69−8½ box
138September 5@ Twins 2–1 Humber (9–8) Swarzak (3–6) Sale (6)2:27 40,252 69–69−8½ box
139September 5@ Twins 4–0 Stewart (2–3) Diamond (1–3)2:26 39,849 70–69−8 box
140September 6@ Twins 3–0 Peavy (7–7) Hendriks (0–1) Santos (29)2:29 36,959 71–69−8 box
141September 7@ Twins 5–4 Pavano (8–11) Danks (6–11) Nathan (13)2:44 38,359 71–70−9 box
142September 8 Indians 8–1 Thornton (1–4) Huff (2–4)3:18 22,063 72–70−8½ box
143September 9 Indians 8–4 Gómez (3–2) Buehrle (11–8)2:58 26,711 72–71−9½ box
144September 10 Indians 7–3 (10) Santos (4–4) Perez (3–7)3:27 26,719 73–71−9½ box
145September 11 Indians 7–3 Jiménez (9–11) Stewart (2–4)3:01 22,319 73–72−10½ box
146September 12 Tigers 14–4 Porcello (13–8) Danks (6–12)3:04 22,750 73–73−11½ box
147September 13 Tigers 5–0 Verlander (23–5) Floyd (12–11)3:23 25,015 73–74−12½ box
148September 14 Tigers 6–5 (10) Coke (3–9) Santos (4–5) Valverde (44)3:05 19,010 73–75−13½ box
149September 15@ Royals 7–2 Francis (6–16) Buehrle (11–9)2:38 17,737 73–76−13½ box
150September 16@ Royals 7–6 Holland (5–1) Thornton (1–5)3:13 24,918 73–77−14½ box
151September 17@ Royals 10–3 Teaford (2–0) Stewart (2–5) Adcock (1)2:47 31,264 73–78−14½ box
152September 18@ Royals 10–5 Danks (7–12) Chen (11–8)3:07 29,480 74–78−14½ box
153September 20@ Indians 4–3 Carmona (7–15) Floyd (12–12) Perez (35)2:19 28,603 74–79−14 box
154September 20@ Indians 5–4 Thornton (2–5) Putnam (0–1) Sale (7)3:15 19,582 75–79−14 box
155September 21@ Indians 8–4 Buehrle (12–9) Jiménez (10–12)2:52 12,400 76–79−14 box
156September 22@ Indians 11–2 Gómez (5–2) Humber (9–9)2:36 21,487 76–80−14 box
157September 23 Royals 11–1 Chen (12–8) Stewart (2–6)2:22 21,744 76–81−15 box
158September 24 Royals 6–3 Danks (8–12) Teaford (2–1)2:24 26,249 77–81−14 box
159September 25 Royals 2–1 Mendoza (2–0) Floyd (12–13) Holland (4)2:29 22,018 77–82−15 box
160September 26 Blue Jays 4–3 Axelrod (1–0) McGowan (0–2) Santos (30)2:49 21,320 78–82−15 box
161September 27 Blue Jays 2–1 Buehrle (13–9) Álvarez (1–3) Sale (8)2:15 23,934 79–82−15 box
162September 28 Blue Jays 3–2 Camp (6–3) Sale (2–2) Francisco (17)2:48 20,524 79–83−16 box

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGSB
Gordon Beckham, 2B15049960115230104435111.2305
Mark Buehrle, P1201100001.5000
Ramón Castro, C236861630410723.2350
John Danks, P1300000000.0000
Alejandro De Aza, OF5415229501134231734.32912
Adam Dunn, DH,1B1224153666160114275177.1590
Eduardo Escobar, SS9702000001.2860
Tyler Flowers, C381101323515161438.2090
Gavin Floyd, P2300000011.0000
Philip Humber, P2500000002.0000
Edwin Jackson, P2400000001.0000
Paul Konerko, 1B,DH14954369163250311057789.3001
Brent Lillibridge, OF,1B,2B9718638485113291762.25810
Donny Lucy, C61012100115.2000
Dallas McPherson, 3B111512000007.1330
Lastings Milledge, OF2411100001.2500
Brent Morel, 3B1264134410118110412257.2455
Jake Peavy, P1100000010.0000
Juan Pierre, LF158639801781742504341.27927
A. J. Pierzynski, C,DH129464381332918482333.2870
Carlos Quentin, RF,DH1184215310731024773484.2541
Alexei Ramírez, SS1586148116531215705184.2697
Alex Ríos, CF1455376412222213442768.22711
Zach Stewart, PR1000000000.0000
Mark Teahen, 3B,OF511181124303111228.2030
Dayán Viciedo, RF,DH,1B2910211263016923.2551
Omar Vizquel, 3B,2B,SS5816718427108918.2511
Team Totals1625502654138725216154625475989.25281

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; O-AVG = Opponent batting average

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBKO-AVG
Dylan Axelrod 102.8943018.218661919.257
Brian Bruney 106.86230019.226151541216.338
Mark Buehrle 1393.5931310205.122193822145109.277
Jesse Crain 832.62670165.150201973170.215
John Danks 8124.3327270170.118289821946135.274
Gavin Floyd 12134.3731300193.218097942245151.247
Jason Frasor 125.09200017.220101031120.286
Jeff Gray 002.7060013.11344147.255
Lucas Harrell 007.203005.01144015.440
Philip Humber 993.7528260163.015171681441116.243
Edwin Jackson 773.9219190121.2134555383997.283
Josh Kinney 006.62130017.22313131720.319
Shane Lindsay 0012.004006.01188156.379
Will Ohman 134.22590053.153262581754.255
Jake Peavy 774.9219180111.21176161102495.268
Tony Peña 116.20170020.125151421017.301
Addison Reed 003.686007.110331112.313
Chris Sale 222.79580871.052222262779.203
Hector Santiago 000.002005.1100012.059
Sergio Santos 453.556303063.141252562992.181
Zach Stewart 255.88108050.264353591335.314
Matt Thornton 253.32620359.260342232163.255
Team Totals79834.10162162421460.014637066651474391220.261

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Joe McEwing
AA Birmingham Barons Southern League Bobby Magallanes
A Winston-Salem Dash Carolina League Julio Vinas
A Kannapolis Intimidators South Atlantic League Tommy Thompson
Rookie Bristol White Sox Appalachian League Pete Rose Jr.
Rookie Great Falls Voyagers Pioneer League Ryan Newman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls

References

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